Donald Trump was greeted by some of his fans as he left a fundraising dinner in Beverly Hills on Friday night.
His supporters could be seen gathering outside one of the area’s mansions as they enthusiastically waved Trump 2024 flags as his motorcade passed by.
At one point, Trump blew a kiss from the window of his truck as his loyal supporters applauded him from the road.
Trump was in Phoenix on Thursday before heading to San Francisco, where he held a fundraiser in Silicon Valley, another campaign stop in California.
A supporter carrying a flag watches as the motorcade carrying former Donald Trump leaves a fundraising dinner in Beverly Hills.
Donald Trump is seen through a car window blowing a kiss as he leaves the fundraiser
In terms of polls, Trump continues to lead President Joe Biden in two key states: Nevada and Arizona.
The state is an unusual choice for Trump to campaign, as California has been a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
Although Silicon Valley and Hollywood-adjacent Beverly Hills are something of a liberal paradise, Republicans nationally are looking for opportunities to make inroads with wealthy businessmen and others who have shifted to the right since the last 2020 election.
Trump’s campaign had been hampered by his hush money in New York, although he was able to deliver daily speeches on camera with highly politicized statements each day he was in court.
In terms of polls, Trump still leads President Joe Biden in two key states, Nevada and Arizona, but a national poll conducted after the Republican’s conviction shows the presidential race is tightening.
Fox News released new poll numbers On Thursday that showed Trump up 5 points in Arizona among registered voters: 51 percent to Biden’s 46 percent.
In nearby Nevada, Trump also led Biden by 5 points: 50 percent to the Democrat’s 45 percent.
Polls show Trump ahead of Biden in Arizona for more than a yearwhile Trump has been against Biden in Nevada since November, according to Real Clear Politics polling averages, and the verdict did not appear to change the numbers.
In the two swing states, voters’ opinions on the silent verdict were nearly identical.
Pollsters asked just two questions about the trial: whether voters thought it was fair and how much they cared, the latter to indicate whether it would change people’s votes.
Trump could be seen waving to his supporters gathered on the side of the road.
Trump was in Phoenix on Thursday before heading to San Francisco, where he held a fundraiser in Silicon Valley, another campaign stop in California.
The state is an unusual choice for Trump to campaign, as California has been a reliable state for Democratic presidential candidates since 1992.
A supporter lies on the grass as former US president and 2024 Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends a fundraising dinner in Beverly Hills.
In Arizona, 63 percent said the hush money lawsuit didn’t matter, while only about a third, 36 percent, said it did. Additionally, only 25 percent expressed that they cared “a lot.”
While this could be enough to turn things back in Biden’s favor, the overall numbers do not yet reflect this.
In Nevada, 65 percent said the hush money lawsuit didn’t matter, while 35 percent said it did.
In both states, 51 percent said they believed Trump received a fair trial, while 46 percent said the Manhattan-based trial was unfair.
On Wednesday, the New York Times had a clearer idea of whether the guilty verdict caused any harm to Trump when 2,000 voters were re-contacted after being surveyed in April and May.
The verdict changed the minds of some of these people.
Originally, New York Times/Siena College polls found that 48 percent of these voters supported Trump while 45 percent backed Biden.
But after Trump was found guilty in all 34 courts of falsifying business records related to money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, pollsters found that 47 percent supported Trump, while 46 percent supported Biden.
In Nevada, 65 percent said the hush money lawsuit didn’t matter, while 35 percent said it did.
When The New York Times and Siena College recontacted 2,000 voters from their spring survey, pollsters found that former President Donald Trump’s three-point national lead shrank to just 1 percent after the guilty verdict.
About a quarter of 2020 Biden voters who told Times pollsters they would back Trump this time have now returned to the fold.
Trump’s three-point lead nationally narrowed to just 1 percent.
The Times/Siena College poll found that Trump retained 93 percent of those who said they would support him in the previous poll.
But losing 7 percent of his voters could make the difference in a close race.
Of that 7 percent, 3 percent said they would now back Biden, while the other 4 percent say they are undecided about who they will vote for in the fall.
Those who distanced themselves from Trump were young, non-white, disconnected and Democratic-leaning; in essence, non-traditional Republican voters who are now reconsidering his decision.
About a quarter of 2020 Biden voters who told Times pollsters they would back Trump this time have now returned to the fold, the new poll showed.
Additionally, so-called “double enemies” (voters who dislike both the Republican and Democratic candidates) were more likely to leave the country.
Since last week’s verdict, Trump has lost about a fifth of the “double enemies” who previously said they would hold their noses and support him in the fall.